Seydou Keita
1949-1951 (taken) 2001 (print)
A young couple

Gelatin silver print
12¢ x 17¢ins (31.7 x 44.5 cm)
 
Christie's - London
Courtesy of Christies, London (Sale: 7434 - Photographs, Lot: 22 - Nov 13, 2007)
 
Signed and dated in ink in margin; signed, dated and annotated 'Paris 2001' by Philippe Salaun, printer, in pencil with his credit stamp on verso.
 
Ke´ta recalls this image: 'He is wearing European clothes and a beret. The young woman is wearing a lovely dress with a lace front, a large cornelian necklace and gold earrings. Her hair is braided in a style called "cravache" or "coat hangers"' (p.278). Magnin (ed.), Seydou Ke´ta, Scalo, 1997, p.169.
 
LL/24267